Billy Joel – Only The Good Die Young (Guitar)

Capo 5
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Chords

The Stranger, 1977 Chords Used: C x32010 G 320033 G* 32003x D/F# 20023x D xx0232 A x02220 Cadd9 x32030 G/D xx0003 Em 022000 G/B x2003x Cadd9* x32033 G5/D xx0033 For the G/D either G/D or G5/D can be used [Intro] Cadd9 Cadd9* Cadd9 | Cadd9 D/F# G* Cadd9 Cadd9* Cadd9 | Cadd9 D/F# [Verse]
C                  G/D          Em
Come out Virginia, don't let me wait

    C                     D       G
You Catholic girls start much too late

    C                   G/D          Em
But sooner or later it comes down to fate

  C                    D
I might as well be the one

           C                    G/D         Em
Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray

     C                       D         G
They built you a temple and locked you away

    C                       G/D            Em
But they never told you the price that you pay

    C                          D
For things that you might have done
[Chorus]
                  G   C
Only the good die young

                  D  G
That's what I said

              G   C
Only the good die young

              D        G
Only the good die young
[Verse]
               C                  G/D       Em
You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd

   C                    D         G
We ain't too pretty, we ain't too proud

   C                   G/D     Em
We might be laughing a bit too loud

    C                  D
But that never hurt no one

        C              G/D     Em
So come on Virginia, show me a sign

C                      D             G
Send up a signal, I'll throw you the line

    C                            G/D      Em
The stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind

C                 D
Never lets in the sun
[Chorus]
                           G     C
Darlin', only the good die young

                         D   G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

                        G   C
I tell ya only the good die young

              D        G
Only the good die young
[Bridge]
          D                      C                     G
You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation

          A                       C
You got a brand new soul, and a cross of gold

       D                           C                  G
But Virginia they didn't give you quite enough information

            A                                         C
You didn't count on me when you were counting on your rosary

D  C    G/B
Oh woah woah
[Verse]
     C                        G/D            Em
They say there's a heaven for those who will wait

C                        D        G
Some say it's better but I say it ain't

           C                           G/D          Em
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints

    C                     D
The sinners are much more fun
[Chorus]
                                G     C
You know that only the good die young

            D   G
Oh woah, baby

                        G   C
I tell ya only the good die young

              D       G
Only the good die young
[Instrumental] D C G A C [Bridge]
             D                                C                  G
You say your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation

               A
Aww, she never cared for me

                       C
But did she ever say a prayer for me?

D  C    G/B
Oh woah woah
[Verse]
       C                        G/D          Em
Come out, come out, come out Virginia, don't let me wait,

C              D           G
  You Catholic girls start much too late

C                   G/D           Em
 Sooner or later it comes down to fate

  C                    D
I might as well be the one

                                 G     C
You know that only the good die young
[Outro] D G G C D G